UPDATE: Las Vegas City Council approves funding for Fremont Street canopy upgrades

UPDATE MARCH 22: The Las Vegas City Council voted Wednesday to approve the funding for the Fremont Street Experience canopy improvements.

The Fremont Street Experience is putting in $12.8 million for the project and will receive $10.7 million from the city and $9.5 million from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. 

ORIGINAL STORY

The Fremont Street Experience video canopy is getting an upgrade.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority approved $9.5 million in a capital improvement grant to renovate the canopy. 

The canopy has not been updated in 14 years after first debuting in 1995.